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Portugal · 40.90°, -8.49° · 228 m

Sao Joao da Madeira

Sao Joao da Madeira, Portugal
Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Reaching Sao Joao da Madeira from London emits 39.6 kg CO₂e return by rail (20h 18m each way) against 338 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 21.4 °C in August and 9.7 °C in January.

When to go: Sao Joao da Madeira is warmest in August (21.4 °C), sunniest in July (13.2 h a day); coldest in January (9.7 °C). Month by month

39.6kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
338kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.2hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Sao Joao da Madeira. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,629 km48.1 kg20h 42m410 kg5h 42m
Barcelona893 km26.3 kg11h225 kg4h 42m
Berlin2,097 km61.9 kg26h528 kg6h 18m
Birmingham1,381 km52.7 kg23h347 kg5h 18m
Bristol1,257 km53.3 kg23h 18m316 kg5h 12m
Brussels1,483 km43.8 kg18h 48m373 kg5h 30m
Cardiff1,245 km56.6 kg23h 36m313 kg5h 12m
Copenhagen2,246 km66.3 kg31h 30m565 kg6h 30m
Dublin1,393 km——350 kg5h 24m
Edinburgh1,717 km82.5 kg26h432 kg5h 48m
Frankfurt1,679 km49.5 kg21h422 kg5h 42m
Glasgow1,692 km84.2 kg26h 12m426 kg5h 48m
Leeds1,525 km61.5 kg23h 54m384 kg5h 30m
Lisbon248 km7.3 kg5h 6m62.5 kg3h 48m
Liverpool1,451 km62.6 kg23h 54m365 kg5h 24m
London1,342 km39.6 kg20h 18m338 kg5h 18m
Madrid407 km12.0 kg7h 54m103 kg4h
Manchester1,475 km60.6 kg23h 48m371 kg5h 30m
Milan1,517 km44.8 kg23h 42m382 kg5h 30m
Munich1,776 km52.4 kg23h 6m447 kg5h 54m
Newcastle1,645 km71.6 kg24h 30m414 kg5h 42m
Nottingham1,450 km53.7 kg23h 24m365 kg5h 24m
Oslo2,495 km73.6 kg38h628 kg6h 48m
Paris1,227 km36.2 kg15h 54m309 kg5h 6m
Prague2,045 km60.4 kg29h 54m514 kg6h 12m
Rome1,751 km51.7 kg27h 18m440 kg5h 48m
Sheffield1,484 km57.9 kg23h 42m373 kg5h 30m
Southampton1,239 km48.5 kg23h312 kg5h 12m
Stockholm2,754 km81.3 kg37h 54m693 kg7h 12m
Vienna2,119 km62.5 kg28h 12m533 kg6h 18m
Warsaw2,558 km75.5 kg33h 30m643 kg6h 54m
Zurich1,534 km45.3 kg21h 24m386 kg5h 30m

The year in Sao Joao da Madeira

Average temperature, °C — warmest in August
January: 9.7 °C9.7 °CJanFebruary: 10.7 °CFebMarch: 11.3 °CMarApril: 14.7 °CAprMay: 15.6 °CMayJune: 18.7 °CJunJuly: 20.1 °CJulAugust: 21.4 °C21.4 °CAugSeptember: 18.5 °CSepOctober: 17.0 °COctNovember: 13.8 °CNovDecember: 9.9 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in July
January: 6.1 h6.1 hJanFebruary: 8.3 hFebMarch: 7.8 hMarApril: 10.8 hAprMay: 11.5 hMayJune: 12.3 hJunJuly: 13.2 h13.2 hJulAugust: 12.4 hAugSeptember: 10.2 hSepOctober: 6.5 hOctNovember: 6.5 hNovDecember: 7.1 hDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C9.710.711.314.715.618.720.121.418.517.013.89.9
Sun h/day6.18.37.810.811.512.313.212.410.26.56.57.1
Rain mm/day8.75.28.13.53.93.70.70.13.611.77.92.9

When to go

Sao Joao da Madeira is warmest in August at 21.4 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.2 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 9.7 °C.

Three months worth booking

The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.

Staying there

A hotel room in Portugal emits about 19 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors — a country average per occupied room, not this or any particular hotel. 7 nights in one room adds roughly 133 kg — about 18.2× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Lisbon. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.

How busy it gets

Área Metropolitana do Porto records 5.8 overnight stays per resident a year (10,465,340 nights in 2025). Comparatively quiet by European standards.

Eurostat, nights spent at tourist accommodation by NUTS 3 region, against resident population. Shown for context only — it plays no part in which destinations appear or in what order. Eurostat does not cover the United Kingdom after 2016, nor North Africa or the Levant at all, so this figure is absent for roughly a third of the destinations here.

Where to stay in Sao Joao da Madeira

Places to stay in Sao Joao da Madeira, Portugal, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

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Distances are great-circle. Rail assumes international rail at 0.01135 kg CO₂e per passenger-km with a 1.3× track detour allowance; flights use 0.12576 kg per passenger-km including radiative forcing. Journey times are modelled, not timetabled. Full method.